1999 East Timorese independence referendum

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The 1999 East Timorese independence referendum was a UN-organized vote in which the people of East Timor chose independence from Indonesia, leading to the territory’s transition toward becoming a sovereign nation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf independence referendum ⓘ
plebiscite ⓘ
referendum ⓘ
administeredBy UN Mission in East Timor ⓘ
alsoKnownAs East Timor popular consultation of 1999 ⓘ
Popular Consultation of the People of East Timor ⓘ
basedOn 1999 Indonesia–Portugal agreement on East Timor ⓘ
conflictContext Cold War–era and post–Cold War politics in Southeast Asia ⓘ
consequence creation of United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor ⓘ
establishment of UN administration in East Timor ⓘ
transition toward sovereign statehood for East Timor ⓘ
country East Timor ⓘ
linked to: Timor-Leste
date 1999-08-30 ⓘ
followedBy United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor ⓘ
restoration of independence of East Timor in 2002 ⓘ
historicalSignificance key step in creation of the independent state of Timor-Leste ⓘ
languageOfBallot Indonesian ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
Tetum ⓘ
legalBasis Agreement between Indonesia and Portugal on the Question of East Timor ⓘ
location East Timor ⓘ
linked to: Timor-Leste
monitoredBy international observers ⓘ
opposedBy pro-Indonesian militias ⓘ
option1 Special autonomy for East Timor within the Republic of Indonesia ⓘ
option2 Rejection of special autonomy leading to independence ⓘ
organizedBy United Nations ⓘ
United Nations Mission in East Timor ⓘ
outcome end of Indonesian rule in East Timor ⓘ
start of transition toward East Timorese independence ⓘ
partOf East Timor peace process ⓘ
precededBy Indonesian annexation of East Timor ⓘ
Portuguese decolonization of East Timor ⓘ
question Acceptance or rejection of special autonomy within Indonesia ⓘ
recognizedBy Government of Indonesia ⓘ
Government of Portugal ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
relatedTo East Timorese independence movement ⓘ
Indonesian occupation of East Timor ⓘ
Timor-Leste ⓘ
result majority rejected special autonomy within Indonesia ⓘ
majority voted for independence from Indonesia ⓘ
supervisedBy United Nations ⓘ
supportedBy East Timorese pro-independence groups ⓘ
National Council of Timorese Resistance ⓘ
triggered post-referendum violence in East Timor ⓘ
votingEligibility East Timorese population ⓘ
year 1999 ⓘ

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National Council of Timorese Resistance → significantEvent → 1999 East Timorese independence referendum ⓘ
1999 East Timorese independence referendum → alsoKnownAs → Popular Consultation of the People of East Timor ⓘ
linked to: 1999 East Timorese independence referendum
1999 East Timorese independence referendum → alsoKnownAs → East Timor popular consultation of 1999 ⓘ
linked to: 1999 East Timorese independence referendum
Indonesian occupation of East Timor → endedBy → 1999 East Timorese independence referendum ⓘ
United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor → relatedToEvent → 1999 East Timorese independence referendum ⓘ